Reporting Child Abuse - New Hampshire

Under New Hampshire law, certain professionals (including doctors and health care professionals, teachers and school officials, child care providers, mental health care professionals, law enforcement officers and clergy) and any other person who knows of or suspects child abuse or neglect are required to report by telephone or in person to the Department of Health and Human Services and to follow the oral report with a written report within forty-eight (48) hours.

The statute defines child abuse to include physical, mental and sexual abuse.

To access the entire child abuse chapter of the official New Hampshire Code online, follow: